Crime Rates at Scargill Close, Leeds, LS9 7HA

Scargill Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 86th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scargill Close (LS9 7HA) in the last 12 months was 468.5 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% higher than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (203.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 328.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scargill Close (LS9 7HA), the main crime hotspot is near St Stephen'S Court. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.